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Interest in self-defence classes for women rises in India

Female staff from the Imperial Hotel perform moves during a self-defence class led by Delhi Police in New Delhi on Jan 17, 2013.

After one-month of lurid reporting on a horrifying gang-rape and murder of a student in New Delhi, women in the Indian capital say they are more anxious than ever, leading to a surge in interest in self-defence classes.

The Straits Times

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